Overview
Advanced Social Worker Multi Agency Partnership, SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
The salary range for this full-time, permanent position is £47,884 - £51,175 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
This is a 9-5 qualified social work role, based at our Woking office, meaning you won't be required to travel to visit children, young people and families. This could make this role a good fit for anyone looking for greater flexibility around how they work.
We are hiring Advanced Social Workers to join our C-SPA (Children’s Single Point of Access) service which is the “Front Door” to children's services in Surrey and plays a crucial role in ensuring the correct level of support and intervention is provided for any safeguarding referrals made to Surrey.
Rewards and Benefits are listed below.
Responsibilities
* The work of Advanced Social Workers in the Multi Agency team within C-SPA can be rewarding but often complex in nature, gathering information and making enquiries as necessary to inform threshold decisions regarding the correct level of support required.
* As an Advanced Social Worker you will support more junior members of the team to effectively manage the referrals they receive.
* Our Advanced Social Worker role provides aspiring Team Managers with the chance to gain valuable management and supervisory experience within qualified social care. In this position, you will step in for the Team Manager when necessary and mentor junior team members, helping them build professional confidence and skills by leveraging your own experience.
* We are looking for individuals with professional curiosity and well-developed analytical skills to support us to deliver laser focussed, collaborative and timely front door activity, which ensures child protection and safeguarding matters are effectively responded to.
* Joining Surrey as an Advanced Social Worker is an opportunity to be part of a culture in which children and families are supported in a spirit of partnership, where they are encouraged to develop their own solutions while receiving the help and support they need to address their needs from professionals.
Shortlisting Criteria
* Varied post qualification experience of working in children's social care services
* Experience of and commitment to successful partnership working with statutory, voluntary and third sector partners to safeguard and support CYP and their families
* Ability to work at pace in sometimes challenging and emotionally sensitive situations
* Well-developed assessment and analytical skills with the ability to navigate and interrogate data to make well-reasoned and evidence-based decisions
* Ability to communicate clearly and calmly with individuals, families and professionals
* Proven ability to de-escalate situations
* Proven ability to support and collaborate effectively with team members and other partners
* Social Work qualification and Social Work England registration
Our Inclusive Approach
To apply you will need to upload your CV and answer our application questions. If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to a short first round virtual interview to explore your answers to the application questions (lasting approx. 15-20 min). If your Teams call goes well, you will be invited for an in-person interview, allowing you to meet the team, check out your potential office and get a feel for what your journey might look like. We are committed to inclusive recruitment. If you are invited to a face-to-face interview, we will share the themes of the questions with you in advance.
About Working In C-SPA
Our “Front Door” for Surrey's Children’s services is the first contact any family or professional has with our service and sets the tone for our entire working relationship with them. Our practice is front facing and based upon strong relationships with families and with partners who are also supporting our families. We use motivational approaches as well as principles of the Family Safeguarding Model, to engage with both the family and any networks supporting them, to understand the presenting worries and work out whether a statutory social work service is required.
About The Role
The work of Advanced Social Workers in the Multi Agency team within C-SPA can be rewarding but often complex in nature, gathering information and making enquiries as necessary to inform threshold decisions regarding the correct level of support required. As an Advanced Social Worker you will support more junior members of the team to effectively manage the referrals they receive.
Our Advanced Social Worker role provides aspiring Team Managers with the chance to gain valuable management and supervisory experience within qualified social care. In this position, you will step in for the Team Manager when necessary and mentor junior team members, helping them build professional confidence and skills by leveraging your own experience.
Contact and Process
To apply you will need to upload your CV and answer our application questions. If shortlisted, you will be invited to a short first round virtual interview and possibly an in-person interview. The job advert closes at 23:59 on Sunday the 28th of September 2025. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
Eligibility and Requirements
An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Other
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